GUEST HOUSE  招待所

PUBLIC BUILDING FOR GUESTS.
INNMOTELBOARDING HOUSEGUEST HOUSEBED AND BREAKFASTB&BHOSTELLODGEACCOMMODATIONSLODGING
Hypernym
  • PUBLIC BUILDINGBUILDING USED by OFFICIALS FOR WORK.
    • BUILDINGBIG ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS to DWELL in OR BE-IN, or MOVE ON.
See also
  • HOTELBUILDING PRODUCED OR USED FOR PERMITTING GUESTS OR STRANGERS TO DWELL in it DURING a SHORT PERIOD.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The general word for an official resthouse of any kind is shè 舍, but the word also refers specifically to non-official "hotels" on the roadside.

    2. Guǎn 館 refers to the most distinguished guesthouses in a state, designed for state visitors.

    3. Dǐ 邸 became current in Han times and refers to a state guesthouse for distinguished visitors, often foreigners.

    4. Chuán shè 傳舍 refers to a middle-level resthouse.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    招待所

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    Words

    館  guàn OC: koons MC: kʷɑn 5 Attributions

    Guǎn 館 refers to the most distinguished guesthouses in a state, designed for state visitors.

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 舍/GUEST HOUSE The general word for an official resthouse of any kind is shè 舍, but the word also refers specifically to non-official "hotels" on the roadside.

      Syntactic words
    • nhigh-level guest house for ordinary official visitors; a fairly well-appointed dwelling
    • vtoNhouse (someone) in a guest house
    舍  shè OC: lʰas MC: ɕɣɛ 3 Attributions

    The general word for an official resthouse of any kind is shè 舍, but the word also refers specifically to non-official "hotels" on the roadside.

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 館/GUEST HOUSE Guǎn 館 refers to the most distinguished guesthouses in a state, designed for state visitors.

      Syntactic words
    • ntraditionally: any resthouse; from Warring States times onwards: popular non-official roadside guesthouse
    • vilive in a guest house
    亭  tíng OC: deeŋ MC: deŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nduring Han and Qin times: low-level local guest house below the level of the xiàn 縣
    驛  yì OC: laɡ MC: jiɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han, TANG, HAN YU: rest house above the level of the tíng 亭
    客館  kè guǎn OC: khraaɡ koonʔ MC: khɣɛk kʷɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPguest house
    邸  dǐ OC: tiilʔ MC: tei 0 Attributions

    Dǐ 邸 became current in Han times and refers to a state guesthouse for distinguished visitors, often foreigners.

      Syntactic words
    • nofficial residence in another place
    傳舍  chuán shè OC: don lʰas MC: ɖiɛn ɕɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Chuán shè 傳舍 refers to a middle-level resthouse.

      Syntactic words
    • NPZGC: rest house above the level of the tíng 亭

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: